Dabi looked over at Hawks once more, eyes flickering with concern. The hero kept nervously tugging his sleeve down his left arm more, and Dabi didn't like it. He had a bad feeling Shigaraki had shown Hawks what his quirk could do.

"You didn't have to walk me home." Hawks mumbled, cheeks pink.

"You were just attacked and then told off by my boss- yes, I most certainly did." Dabi answered immediately.

Hawks didn't answer. He just entered his apartment, Dabi following close behind. The villain stood back as feathers flew from Hawks' wings and quickly rearranged the room, pushing the couch back, sweeping up glass and wooden chips. Hawks went to his refrigerator and pulled out an old bucket of KFC, sniffed it, and shrugged, taking a bite before gagging it out into the sink.

Dabi held back a laugh at the hero's antics.

Hawks glared at him. "What?" he complained.

Dabi shrugged as he pulled a cigarette out and lit it with his finger, mentally preparing himself for the influx of smoke into his lungs. He took a drag from his cigarette before answering, "you're kinda cute sometimes."

Hawks stared at him. Dabi mentally slapped himself but refrained from any outward signs of I-didn't-mean-to-say-that.

It wasn't like it wasn't true.

"You're not so bad yourself," Hawks answered after a moment.

Dabi barked out a laugh, snuffing the cigarette on a coaster Hawks had and throwing the offensive remains away. "Please, I know I'm not attractive. I have eyes, believe it or not."

Hawks cocked his head to the side, allowing a playful smirk to spread on his face. "Nah, I definitely think you're attractive. Although 'cute' maybe isn't a good word here."

Dabi raised an eyebrow at him.

"More... hot. No pun intended." Hawks continued easily, now flirting shamelessly.

Dabi didn't answer, simply rested his arms on Hawks' counter, feeling a feather fly past him to go clean Hawks' room up.

Hawks slid over to Dabi, also resting his arms on the counter. Their faces were mere inches from each other. Dabi felt his heart begin to beat faster in his chest. He wasn't sure what was wrong with him- maybe it was the cigarettes.

Or maybe you caught feelings for the loveable ray of sunshine with beautiful red wings and tiny freckles on his nose, the one with eyes the color of liquid gold, with a line of bronze surrounding his pupil and flecks of silver in the iris, the one who smells like rain and faintly of chicken, the one who's staring into your eyes right now and making you feel all sorts of things you've never felt, the one who comforted you after your nightmare, after you hurt him-

Dabi blinked and took a step back, ignoring how disappointed he felt and how Hawks looked slightly disappointed as well. The hero's face quickly changed back to his usual lazy smile and Dabi felt as though he had lost his chance to get close to Hawks. That stupid lazy smile that Dabi felt was Hawks' mask, but that the hero definitely wore well.

Hawks grabbed his phone and dialed a number, calling a KFC quickly. Once the hero had ordered he turned back to Dabi who was watching him curiously.

Hawks' cheeks turned slightly pink. "Sorry if I made you uncomfortable dude, that wasn't what I was trying to do, I promise."

Dabi blinked in surprise. "What? No, you didn't make me uncomfortable."

Hawks nodded once, but he didn't look convinced.

Dabi sighed and approached the hero, grabbing him by his right wrist and pulling him towards him. He looked down at the hero as he tilted his chin up with his free hand.

"I liked it," he muttered.

Hawks' cheeks redenned more and that dumb lazy smile disappeared, leaving a soft, genuine smile.

Dabi couldn't help it. He pulled the hero closer and- despite all of his better judgment- drowned in the feeling of kissing the number two hero.

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AHAHAHAHAHAHA FINALLY WHOOP WHOOP ONLY TOOK 25 CHAPTERS AND A PROLOGUE!!!!

I'm so proud of myself.

Sorry it's so short-

Here's today's quote:

"Love is love."

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